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How many of you have had a technology conversion. From Windows to Mac? Mac to Windows? Windows to Linux?
You get the idea.

Share your technology conversion story here.

What did you change to?
Why?
Have you gone back?

I switched from Windows to Mac a few years ago as an experiment. Mac seemed simpler, smoother, and prettier, so I changed.

For tablet devices, I began with Apple and have experimented with Android. Right now I prefer Apple, just because it seems smoother, but Android is growing on me.
 
My last phone was an Android, Galaxy 3. We recently tried the new iPhone. Hate it. I tried going back and seeing if i could switch it for a new Galaxy but it was past the deadline. So i guess i'm a non-convert actually haha. But the Galaxy was my first Android. So i'll count that as fitting into the thread.
 
Ugly said:
My last phone was an Android, Galaxy 3. We recently tried the new iPhone. Hate it. I tried going back and seeing if i could switch it for a new Galaxy but it was past the deadline. So i guess i'm a non-convert actually haha. But the Galaxy was my first Android. So i'll count that as fitting into the thread.
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What did you dislike about the Apple device?
 
First it lacked many apps i had grown accustomed to. I also hated the inability to delete desktop icons for apps that came with the phone. I hated that the icons were automatically set and i couldn't place them as i wished. I hate the keyboard and i am constantly having problems with trying to type on it. The spell check seems clueless compared to the Galaxys. The lack of a 'back arrow' button makes figuring out how to go back a step difficult at times. So you have to close the app and reopen it to start over. The Galaxy allowed me to set a time for reminders on texts. And it would go off every so many minutes until i read it, the iphone only alerts you one extra time. The Galaxy light would also continually flash until you checked things, the iphone does not. So if you don't know you had a message come through you have to look and check.
Just off the top of my head those are some of the key gripes i had in comparison to the Galaxy. Funny i thought the 3 year old Galaxy was more well designed than the brand new iphone.
Also my iphone tends to freeze. So i have to shut down an app and restart it. Or when texting and turning the phone sideways the screen doesn't turn with it, forcing me to have to type holding the phone longways. It seems less powerful and unable to run the os smoothly.
 
I've never had a technology conversion between Mac & PC,
but I have helped others.

A friend of mine decided to purify his soul by leaving the dark world of Apple,
and going into the light where PC users live.

He had terrible withdraw symptoms for a while,
and we weren't certain he was going to pull through...
but eventually he made it.

: )

His doctor says he will need years of therapy,
but his family is very supportive.
 
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I would like to convert my PC from Microsoft rubbish to Mac.

Why?

less breakdowns, less program errors, less crashes, less hidden snooping software. Less BSD "Blue Screen of Death" Less problems, and most of all, Mac is a complete Operating system, Microsoft rubbish brings out a new OS, always uncompleted. then you have to download updates every 5 minutes.

So yeah would love to convert to MAC.
 
Richie_2uk said:
I would like to convert my PC from Microsoft rubbish to Mac.

Why?

less breakdowns, less program errors, less crashes, less hidden snooping software. Less BSD "Blue Screen of Death" Less problems, and most of all, Mac is a complete Operating system, Microsoft rubbish brings out a new OS, always uncompleted. then you have to download updates every 5 minutes.

So yeah would love to convert to MAC.
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You could always convert from Microsoft to Linux.

Remember the garden of Eden...
it was an APPLE that destroyed all of mankind.

: )
 
Richie_2uk said:
I would like to convert my PC from Microsoft rubbish to Mac.

Why?

less breakdowns, less program errors, less crashes, less hidden snooping software. Less BSD "Blue Screen of Death" Less problems, and most of all, Mac is a complete Operating system, Microsoft rubbish brings out a new OS, always uncompleted. then you have to download updates every 5 minutes.

So yeah would love to convert to MAC.
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Mac will give you the spinning pinwheel of dizzyness...
 
maxwel said:
You could always convert from Microsoft to Linux.

Remember the garden of Eden...
it was an APPLE that destroyed all of mankind.

: )
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Which strain of Linux infects your system?
 
I've nevaahhhh switched to the dark side!

I started with a Apple Performa 6200CD in the mid 90's. A whopping 75mhz & a 1 gig hd!

Now I'm on a iMac with a 2.4ghz processor. 1 TB HD(upgraded). It's old by current iMac standards!

Didn't own it, but the first computer I remember using looked a lot like this...

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I've adopted them all (save for the network OSes) as part of my trade.

I call it love, CC. The operating systems are like my children. I am their father. I shall hold them to my storage drive and deploy them rightly.
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I was a fan of business phones, especially the Nokia E-series.

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My favourite was the E72. It was a cool phone with a QWERTY keypad which made it ideal for typing long emails. It even accepted shortcuts for functions like cut, copy and paste.

I switched to a touch-phone only one year ago. I bought a mid-segment Samsung touch-phone which worked on Android. I've not been happy with its performance because the phone is pretty unreliable.

Although I still use my E72 for my official number, I don't think I will go back to ONLY using a business phone. I think touch-phones are more convenient and they are easier to read. But I do miss the feel of the QWERTY keypad.
 
I never really owned a mac only used them in schools, I guess i could adapt. I didn't like that the mouse didn't provide a right click for the context menu and also the one click selection/operation. Although I never dilly dallied around in any settings configurations on the mac. I like the malleability of windows, and though it is a crime because Microsoft windows' OS is licensed and not sold for us to do what we want with the OS, but I like that Idea, so maybe I may give Linux a go.
Say, I suppose if you liked all three there are options for booting more than one OS why not all three, since the same basic computer design that Von Neumann is the current hardware for pcs today.
 
didymos said:
You make it sounds like a religious thing... and maybe it is. :rolleyes:

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Isn't that Crystal Cathedral in the background? No... wait...
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That is the mega-cathedral of Apple.
They totally have multi-site campuses too.
 
Roh_Chris said:
I was a fan of business phones, especially the Nokia E-series.

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My favourite was the E72. It was a cool phone with a QWERTY keypad which made it ideal for typing long emails. It even accepted shortcuts for functions like cut, copy and paste.

I switched to a touch-phone only one year ago. I bought a mid-segment Samsung touch-phone which worked on Android. I've not been happy with its performance because the phone is pretty unreliable.

Although I still use my E72 for my official number, I don't think I will go back to ONLY using a business phone. I think touch-phones are more convenient and they are easier to read. But I do miss the feel of the QWERTY keypad.
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A full touch screen phone with some sort of slide out QWERTY pad would be ideal. I'm not a fan of the touch screen keyboard at all.
 
Me, I'm a whatever-works kind of guy. I use Linux Mint for day to day online computer stuff because trusting my credit card to a windows computer that just might have the latest virus gives me the collywobbles. I use Windows for music making because I can't give up my VST and VSTi, and Reaper (digital audio workstation) is far better than Ardour. I recommend a Mac for anyone (who can afford it) who doesn't want to have to learn about a computer in order to use it, because Macs just plain work... they are severely limited in operation scope but for basic end-users they just plain work. Or at least they used to... Mac quality has been going downhill lately.

One neat thing about my Linux Mint, I have it installed on a flash drive. Modern computers can boot from a bootable flash drive instead of the internal hard drive. Whatever computer I stick the flash drive in and boot, it's automatically my computer - my programs, my settings, my files, my system all on a flash drive. All I need is a random computer to run it.

The downside of Linux is someone is always changing something, and sometimes it might break something. But they'll usually fix it the next day.

"Being a Linux user is like living in a house full of architects and carpenters. Every morning when you wake up there's something new. Maybe a new window in that wall or a new turret on that corner... or someone may have temporarily removed the floor from beneath your bed."

"Being a Mac user is like living in a house that the carpenters never answer calls from. If you need a new window or turret somewhere, good luck. You can't even build one yourself because the architects have it locked down legally. You're just glad the floor beneath your bed is still stable, because you know if it ever gave way it would take five years to fix it."

"Being a Windows user is like living in a cheap Vegas motel. Every morning you wake up with new bug bites and a new disease. The floor beneath your bed is continually in danger of falling through but you take comfort in the knowledge you could always move to a different motel room, or burn down the whole thing and build a new one fairly easily."
 
Lynx said:
The downside of Linux is someone is always changing something, and sometimes it might break something. But they'll usually fix it the next day.

"Being a Linux user is like living in a house full of architects and carpenters. Every morning when you wake up there's something new. Maybe a new window in that wall or a new turret on that corner... or someone may have temporarily removed the floor from beneath your bed."

"Being a Mac user is like living in a house that the carpenters never answer calls from. If you need a new window or turret somewhere, good luck. You can't even build one yourself because the architects have it locked down legally. You're just glad the floor beneath your bed is still stable, because you know if it ever gave way it would take five years to fix it."

"Being a Windows user is like living in a cheap Vegas motel. Every morning you wake up with new bug bites and a new disease. The floor beneath your bed is continually in danger of falling through but you take comfort in the knowledge you could always move to a different motel room, or burn down the whole thing and build a new one fairly easily."
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What is Linux?
 
Perfect timing :p

I've been a Windows guy for the past 14 years (first was with ME). I've tried and used Linux plenty of times in those 14 years but always went back to Windows because dual booting became a pain and Linux just lacked a few programs I like to make it my main OS (though I did run it exclusively for 6 months).

Just two weeks ago however I purchased a MacBook Pro (first Mac) and have finally left Windows for good. My MBP is my main computer now, and my old Windows desktop I'll be installing Linux on today (mostly as a backup since it has a few HDD's in it and can store stuff).

Phone wise, my first smartphone was a Lumia 520 (Windows phone), but got tired of the lack of apps and tiles so I purchased a Galaxy S3 mini a few months later...Then about 6 months after that I purchased a Galaxy S5 which is what I'm currently using.

As for a tablet, my first and only one was the original Nexus 7. Still runs fine, but with a 5" phone I don't even touch it anymore.

tbh I'm not a fan of iOS, but with a MacBook I do see the plus side of having an iPhone now :/
 
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